Means for fastening glass



g- 1933. s. UMEGAKI ET AL 1,920,722

MEANS FOR FASTENING GLASS Filed Oct. 28, 1931 e I INYNTORS Patented .Aug. 1, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MEANS FOR FASTENING GLASS Tokyo Fu, Japan Application October 28, 1931. Serial No. 571,622

3 Claims. (01. 20--56A) This invention relates to improvements in a method of fastening glass, which consists in inserting in the groove of the frame a rod of pliable and elastic material such as rubber or the like having grooves at the upper and lower edges to form a petal-shaped section. The object thereof is to fasten glass to the frame, for instance, the windowframe, tightly and almost permanently by simple means. i

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. l is an elevation of a window using th present method;

Fig. 2, a section on the line IIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a perspective view of the fastening device made of rubber rod and Fig. 4 shows how glass is fastened according to this invention.

The following is the manner of carrying out this invention into practice:-

Provide a groove 2 and an inclined groove 3 at the upper and lower edges respectively of a pliable and elastic rod made of rubber or the like material to form a petal-shaped section and on the other hand out a groove 7 in the frame 5 or partition sash 6 of a door or window, the said groove '7 having the upper projecting edge 8 and lower projecting edge 9. Lay glass on the lower projecting edge as shown in Fig. 4 and fit the lower groove 3 of therod 1 to the edge of the glass. Next, force the rod into the groove '1 or the frame by means of the edge 10 of a knife or spatula applied to the groove of the upper edge of the rod, and then the inclined groove 3 will secure the glass perfectly and the edges of the been fitted to a window by fastening it with nail and putty. However, it has the drawback of the putty falling off the glass in the long run. Now, our invention has removed such a drawback. That is to say, the glass is fastened quite securely and almost permanently, so that there is no-fear of its being damaged by the shock caused by the opening and closing of the window. Moreover, there being no gap left in the grooves, noise is prevented and no rain water leaks through the chink. Thus, according to this invention, glass is fastened to the frame securely with good appearance and by simple means. I

We claim:

1. Means for fastening a pane of glass, com prising a strip of elastic material adapted for insertion in a grooved frame member and provided with spaced longitudinal grooves, one of the grooves being adaptedto receive and embrace the edge of a pane of glass and the other groove being adapted to engage behind the corner of the groove in a frame.

2. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the grooves in said strip are located in the opposed portions of the latter;

3. In ombination, a frame member having a channel therein, at least one of the walls of the channel being undercut, an elastic strip having a longitudinal groove therein engaging one of the corners of the channel, a pane of glass situated adjacent the opposite corner of said channel, said strip having a groove therein receiving the contiguous edge portion of the glass pane and having the medial portion indicated behind the undercut wall of said channel.

SOTOJI UMEGAKI. HIDESABURO HISAMA'ISU. 

